# How many cards are in a Black Bolt master set?

> A Black Bolt master set is 404 cards — every card plus its 80 reverse holos and Poké Ball / Master Ball patterns.
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> Source: https://www.nomekop.app/faqs/how-many-cards-in-black-bolt-master-set — NOMEKOP, an independent Pokémon TCG binder tool
> (not affiliated with Nintendo / The Pokémon Company). Figures as of June 2026.

**A Black Bolt master set is 404 cards — every card plus its 80 reverse holos and Poké Ball / Master Ball patterns.**

## What a Black Bolt master set includes

One of everything: all 172 numbered cards — the 86 base plus 86 secret rares — then every reverse holo, 80 of them. That sweeps in the 76 Illustration and Special Illustration Rares, the full-art cards that carry most of the value. The ones you have to land:

- [Victini (#171)](/card/zsv10pt5-171) — Rare (~$576.63)
- [Zekrom ex (#172)](/card/zsv10pt5-172) — Black White Rare (~$541.00)
- [Zekrom ex (#166)](/card/zsv10pt5-166) — Special Illustration Rare (~$273.53)
- [Seismitoad (#105)](/card/zsv10pt5-105) — Illustration Rare (~$235.70)
- [Kyurem ex (#165)](/card/zsv10pt5-165) — Special Illustration Rare (~$82.12)
- [Haxorus (#147)](/card/zsv10pt5-147) — Illustration Rare (~$75.74)

## The extras unique to Black Bolt

Black Bolt also carries 80 Poké Ball and 72 Master Ball pattern cards. They count toward a true master set, which is why Black Bolt's total runs so far past its 86-card base.

## Star Pokémon in the Black Bolt master set

A master set means chasing every print of the set's headline Pokémon, not just one each:

- **Zekrom** — Zekrom ex (#34), Zekrom ex (#158), Zekrom ex (#166)
- **Seismitoad** — Seismitoad (#105)
- **Kyurem** — Kyurem ex (#28), Kyurem ex (#157), Kyurem ex (#165)
- **Haxorus** — Haxorus (#147)
- **Volcarona** — Volcarona (#100)

## The Black Bolt master-set total

All in, a complete Black Bolt master set is **404 cards** versus 86 for the base — about 4.7× the work, or roughly 45 pages in a 9-pocket binder. Sleeve and storage budget should target the larger number if you're going all the way on Black Bolt.

Figures are from the pokemontcg.io dataset, as of June 2026.